15 Best Leadership Skills Courses on Coursera
We compared 15 Leadership Skills courses currently listed on Coursera, priced from $49.00 to $79.00. 10 come from a named university or institution, including Duke University, Dartmouth College and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. They are ordered by our CourseAsk score, which is built from how thoroughly each course describes what it teaches, whether it comes from a named institution, and how it compares on price — not from star ratings, which our course data does not include.
- Courses compared
- 15
- Price range
- $49.00 – $79.00
- Providers
- Coursera
- Last updated
- 30 Aug 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, matched to "leadership skills" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.
The grade on each entry scores how much the provider publishes about the course before you pay — the length and detail of the description, whether it lists learning outcomes and objectives — and whether a named university or institution stands behind it. A is fully documented and institution-backed; E is little more than a title and a price. Courses with almost nothing published are left ungraded rather than marked down, because an unknown course and a poor one are not the same thing.
There are no star ratings on this page — the course feeds we license do not include them, and we would rather leave a column out than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind. What we do have is price: these range from $49.00 to $79.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Career Readiness & Leadership Skills in the Modern Workplace
Offered by Coursera
Career Readiness and Leadership Skills for the Modern Workplace" prepares learners to excel in today's corporate environment by equipping them with essential leadership, communication, and career planning skills. Develop...
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Essential Leadership Skills for Career Growth
Offered by Packt
This course is based on Bill Dellecker's bestselling book, Leadership Worthy. This course is designed to help aspiring and current leaders build the skills and mindset needed to guide teams effectively. Drawing from over...
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Advanced Leadership Skills
Offered by IIMA - IIM Ahmedabad
In today’s complex and rapidly evolving workplace, leadership is not just about authority, it is about how effectively you use power, build influence, and earn trust. This advanced leadership course explores the deeper d...
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Agile Decision-Making Frameworks
Offered by Duke University
In this course, you will learn how to make strategic decisions quickly and effectively in uncertain and complex environments. You will explore frameworks and tools that enable faster decision-making while maintaining acc...
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Decision-Making: Blending Art & Science
Offered by Dartmouth College
Why do smart people sometimes think they are right when they are very, very wrong? Our brains are designed to make quick decisions, and sometimes we miss out on what’s really going on. Knowing this, Professor Sydney Fink...
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Leadership and Influence
Offered by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
The only thing you get to change is yourself, and in the prerequisites to this course we’ve given you real tools to do that. Now, use those tools to influence the course of your future, your team's future, and your organ...
$79.00listed price -
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Stepping Up: Preparing Yourself for Leadership
Offered by Queen Mary University of London
In this course, you will explore the importance of self awareness and feedback, as well as issues such as bias and imposter syndrome. As a leader, it is important to know when to step in and lead, as well as how to estab...
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Support Individual Growth and Development
Offered by Google
This is the third course in the Google People Management Essentials specialization. This course dives into the heart of great management: developing your people. Drawing from Google's research on the behaviors of their b...
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Mediation and Conflict Resolution
Offered by ESSEC IRENE
Mediation is a crucial means to reaching peaceful and agreed solutions in today’s world – on an international, political, industrial, peace-keeping or social level. With the course you will be able to choose and lead a m...
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Business Finance and Data Analysis Fundamentals
Offered by Rice University
This Specialization is designed to equip you with a basic understanding of business finance, accounting, and data analysis. We've put together these three courses with the explicit intent of helping people prepare for th...
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Professional IQ: Preventing and Solving Problems at Work
Offered by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
In this Specialization, Professional IQ: Preventing Solving Problems at Work, learners use real-world dilemmas and ethical problems experienced by professionals around the world to clarify and articulate their personal v...
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Leadership in Action and Planning
Offered by Johns Hopkins University
The course "Leadership in Action and Planning" provides practical skills and strategies for advancing your leadership capabilities in organizational settings. Focusing on strategic planning, change leadership, and coalit...
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Human Excellence in the AI Age, Part 1: A Soft Skills Course
Offered by University of Virginia Darden School Foundation
Finding meaningful work and happiness in the AI age depends on you - your ability to learn, unlearn, and re-learn at the pace of technological change. Follow Edward D. Hess, Professor Emeritus of Business Administration...
$49.00listed price -
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Leadership Development for Engineers
Offered by Rice University
Engineers wanting to advance their careers must be able to lead teams effectively. This Specialization is designed for professional engineers who are interested in advancing into leadership and management roles. You’ll d...
$49.00listed price -
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Professional Skills: Decision-Making
Offered by Arizona State University
Make smarter everyday choices regardless of your workplace setting. Learn ethical, strategic, and practical decision-making skills with guidance from ASU experts. Decision-making is a core skill that shapes professional...
$49.00listed price
Best Leadership Skills Courses on Coursera compared
Prices shown are the provider's listed price when we last updated this page. Confirm on their site before enrolling.
What the prices here tell you
The 15 priced courses on this page run from $49.00 to $79.00, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $30.00. The options are closely priced, so cost is unlikely to be your deciding factor. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.
Who is behind these courses
These courses come from Coursera. Everything on this page is sold on the one platform, so the buying experience is the same whichever you pick. 10 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including Duke University, Dartmouth College and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
Before you enrol
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